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F0 tornado in Mobile County, Alabama

Tornado October 25, 1997 · Mobile County, Alabama

Rating

13.0 mi

Whole path

150 yd

Path width

Injuries

$105K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through George County, Mississippi → Mobile County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The tornado that moved through the Howell community in Mississippi then moved into Mobile county where the storm blew down several trees and damaged some outbuildings before lifting back into the cloud near U S Highway 98 just west of Wilmer. As in George county, the tornado was only on the ground for a short period of time. No injuries were reported in Mobile county.

Began near Wilmer (30.8200, -88.3800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5623024. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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